2 Kings 21

1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to rule. He ruled Judah for 55 years from Jerusalem. His mother was Hephzibah.

Manasse war zwölf Jahre alt, als er König ward, und regierte fünfundfünfzig Jahre lang zu Jerusalem. Seine Mutter hieß Chephziba.

2 He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He imitated the disgusting things that were formerly done by the people of the nations that Yahweh had expelled from the land of Israel as his people advanced [through the land].

Und er tat, was böse war in den Augen des HERRN, nach den Greueln der Heiden, die der HERR vor den Kindern Israel vertrieben hatte.

3 He commanded his workers to rebuild the shrines [for worshiping Yahweh] that his father Hezekiah had destroyed [because they were not in the place that Yahweh had said they should worship him]. He directed his workers to build altars for worshiping Baal. He made [a statue of the goddess] Asherah, like Ahab the king of Israel had done [previously]. And Manasseh worshiped [DOU] the stars.

Er baute die Höhen wieder auf, die sein Vater Hiskia abgetan hatte, und richtete dem Baal Altäre auf und machte eine Aschera, wie Ahab, der König von Israel, getan hatte, und betete das ganze Heer des Himmels an und diente ihnen.

4 He directed his workers to build altars [for worshiping foreign gods] in the temple of Yahweh, about which Yahweh had said, “It is here in Jerusalem where I want people to worship [MTY] me, forever.”

Und er baute Altäre im Hause des HERRN, von welchem der HERR gesagt hatte: Mein Name soll in Jerusalem wohnen!

5 He directed that altars for worshiping the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple.

Er baute auch dem ganzen Heer des Himmels Altäre in beiden Vorhöfen am Hause des HERRN

6 He even sacrificed his own son by burning [him in a fire]. He performed rituals to practice sorcery and magic rituals. He also went to people who consulted the spirits of dead people to find out what would happen in the future. He did many things that Yahweh considered to be extremely evil, things that caused Yahweh to become very angry.

und ließ seinen Sohn durchs Feuer gehen und trieb Wolkendeuterei und Schlangenbeschwörung und hielt Totenbeschwörer und Wahrsager; er tat viel von dem, was böse ist in den Augen des HERRN, wodurch er ihn erzürnte.

7 He placed the statue of the goddess Asherah in the temple, the place about which Yahweh had said to David and his son Solomon, “My temple will be here in Jerusalem. This is the city that I have chosen from all the territory of the twelve tribes of Israel, where I want people to worship me, forever.

Er setzte auch das Bild der Aschera, das er gemacht hatte, in das Haus, von welchem der HERR zu David und zu seinem Sohne Salomo gesagt hatte: In diesem Hause und in Jerusalem, das ich aus allen Stämmen Israels erwählt habe, will ich meinen Namen wohnen lassen ewiglich,

8 And if the Israeli people obey all my commands and all the laws that I gave to Moses, the man who served me [very well], I will not again force them to leave this land that I gave to their ancestors.”

und ich will den Fuß Israels nicht mehr aus dem Lande wandern lassen, daß ich ihren Vätern gegeben habe; wenn sie nur darauf achten, zu tun nach allem, was ich ihnen geboten habe, und nach dem ganzen Gesetz, das mein Knecht Mose ihnen befohlen hat.

9 But the people did not heed Yahweh. And Manasseh persuaded them to commit sins that are more evil than the sins that were committed by the people of the nations that Yahweh had expelled from the land as the Israeli people advanced.

Aber sie gehorchten nicht, sondern Manasse verführte sie, daß sie Schlimmeres taten als die Heiden, die der HERR vor den Kindern Israel vertilgt hatte.

10 [These are some of the things that] the prophets said many times, messages that Yahweh had given them:

Da redete der HERR durch seine Knechte, die Propheten, und sprach:

11 “Manasseh, the king of Judah, has done these abominable things, things that are much worse than the things that the Amor people-group did in this land long ago. He has persuaded the people of Judah to sin by [worshiping] idols.

Weil Manasse, der König von Juda, diese Greuel verübt hat, die ärger sind, als alle Greuel, welche die Amoriter getan haben, die vor ihm gewesen sind, und weil er auch Juda mit seinen Götzen zur Sünde verführt hat,

12 Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh, the God whom you Israeli people worship, say: I will the cause the people of Jerusalem and the rest of Judah to experience great disasters. It will be terrible, with the result that everyone who hears about it will be stunned [MTY].

darum spricht der HERR, der Gott Israels, also: Siehe, ich will Unglück über Jerusalem und über Juda bringen, daß allen, die es hören werden, beide Ohren gellen sollen;

13 I will judge and punish [MET] the people of Jerusalem like I punished the family of King Ahab [of Israel]. I will (wipe Jerusalem clean/remove all the people from Jerusalem), like [MET] people wipe a plate and then turn it upside down [after they have finished eating, to show that they are now satisfied].

und ich will über Jerusalem die Meßschnur Samarias ausspannen und das Senkblei des Hauses Ahabs, und ich will Jerusalem auswischen, wie man eine Schüssel auswischt und sie umkehrt.

14 And I will abandon the people who remain alive, and I will allow their enemies to conquer them and steal everything valuable from their land.

Und das Übriggebliebene meines Erbteils will ich verwerfen und sie in die Hand ihrer Feinde geben, und sie sollen allen ihren Feinden zum Raub und zur Beute werden;

15 I will do this because my people have done things that I consider to be very evil, things which have caused me to become very angry. They have caused me to become angry continually, ever since their ancestors left Egypt.”

weil sie getan, was böse ist in meinen Augen, und mich erzürnt haben, von dem Tage an, da ihre Väter aus Ägypten gezogen sind, bis auf diesen Tag!

16 Manasseh [commanded his officials to] kill many innocent people in Jerusalem, with the result that their blood flowed in the streets. He did this in addition to persuading the people of Judah to sin against Yahweh [by worshiping idols].

Auch vergoß Manasse sehr viel unschuldiges Blut, so daß er Jerusalem damit erfüllte, von einem Ende bis zum andern, abgesehen von seiner Sünde, zu der er Juda verführt hatte, so daß sie taten, was böse war in den Augen des HERRN.

17 [If you want to know more about] all the things that Manasseh did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.

Was aber mehr von Manasse zu sagen ist, und alles, was er getan hat, und seine Sünde, die er tat, ist das nicht beschrieben in der Chronik der Könige von Juda?

18 Manasseh died [EUP] and was buried in the garden outside his palace, the garden that Uzza [had made]. Then Manasseh’s son Amon became the king.

Und Manasse legte sich zu seinen Vätern und ward begraben im Garten seines Hauses, im Garten Ussas. Und sein Sohn Amon ward König an seiner Statt.

19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king. He ruled Judah from Jerusalem for [only] two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth. She was from Jotbah [town], and was the granddaughter of Haruz.

Zweiundzwanzig Jahre alt war Amon, als er König ward, und regierte zwei Jahre zu Jerusalem. Seine Mutter hieß Messulemet, eine Tochter des Charuz von Jothba.

20 Amon did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his father Manasseh had done.

Und er tat, was böse war in den Augen des HERRN, wie sein Vater Manasse getan hatte.

21 He imitated the behavior of his father, and he worshiped the same idols that his father had worshiped [DOU].

Und er wandelte ganz auf dem Wege, den sein Vater gewandelt war, und diente den Götzen, welchen sein Vater gedient hatte, und betete sie an;

22 He abandoned Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [had worshiped], and did not behave as Yahweh wanted him to.

und verließ den HERRN, den Gott seiner Väter, und wandelte nicht im Wege des HERRN.

23 Then one day some of his officials plotted to kill him. They assassinated him in the palace.

Und die Knechte Amons machten eine Verschwörung wider ihn und töteten ihn in seinem Hause.

24 But then the people of Judah killed all those who had assassinated King Amon, and they appointed his son Josiah to be their king.

Aber das Landvolk erschlug alle, welche die Verschwörung wider den König Amon gemacht hatten. Und das Landvolk machte Josia, seinen Sohn, zum König an seiner Statt.

25 [If you want to read about] [RHQ] the other things that Amon did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.

Was aber Amon mehr getan hat, ist das nicht beschrieben in der Chronik der Könige von Juda?

26 Amon was also buried in the tomb in the garden that Uzza [had made]. Then Amon’s son Josiah became the king.

Und er wurde begraben in seiner Grabstätte im Garten Ussas, und sein Sohn Josia ward König an seiner Statt.